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Convention f I "HE CONVENTIONS last fall gave a rather Special place to women's interests as citizens of the world. Addresses by Dr. Lotta Hitschmanova on the dcstitution and suffering of the people of Northern Greece led to the Women's Institutes of the Province sending gifts of food and a tractor to an area where the need was most serious. Miss LeWis brought the Ontario women very close to their sister members abroad through an address with coloured slides taken at the last conven- tion of the Associated Country Women of the World The Hamilton area convention had an address from Miss Subhadranima of India, who had come to Canada to study foods and nutrition under the Colombo Plan. Miss Carpenter, a home eConomics extension diâ€" rector from New Zealand, was a guest of the Central Ontario convention. At the Belleville convention members of two neighbouring Indian Homemaking Clubs were welcomed, and Miss Lewis reminded the women at all the conventions that we shall be entertaining the Associated Country Women of the World in Canada in 1953, so it is important that in the meantime We learn all we can about our own and other countries. Is there a thought here for this year's convention programmes? __ w| ._ Exhibits are always popular at Women‘s Institute conventions_ The Bracebridge conâ€" vention featured a display of “beautiful knit- ted goods in intricate Dutch designs" by a local woman formerly of Holland. (The Di- rector suggests inviting newcomers tn Canada to Show varied articles from their homeland.) Central Ontario had a very popular display of quilts. _ wl _ Girls‘ Homemaking Club sessions seemed to be very much appreciated at all conventions and special mention was made of a talk “Why I Am a Club Leader” by a woman doing this service for the girls of her community. Suggestions From one convention it was report“. CVCI'inI‘iu was pleased with the high qim {he wot-k done in the branch lnstilut. that there were "still Some convch were remiss in sending in their l'epiil't Hw|_ Thero has. been such an apprecuiii spouse regarding the mimcographcrl in of standing committees prepared b: Women's lnstitute Brunch for dlsll‘lbut conventions, that the Branch is pi‘cpiii inimcograph reports for all the delego take home from this year's convention in order to have this done convcncrs send their reports to the Women's In Branch not later than the first of Au. ._.wl... A report of one convention says; women try to bring their problems in communities to the convention and home With new ideas which Will help th be more active in their communities. and : homemakers.“ Would this indicate that time should be given to the discussion oi problems at Women‘s Institute CDDVE‘DUH! _wl_ The chairman of the Toronto conve-i ii reports that members suggested “having i} speakers, so that more time could be L to reports and other work," also changinu time of the election from the last day. was done and proved to be a a arrangement. _w|_ We gratefully acknowledge contribui: from Mrs. Elias Aelick, Mrs. Edmund Hans Mrs. J. G. Snider, Mrs. Norman White. 1 Jack McLaren, Mrs. David Carroll, Mrs. 8 Morris, Mrs. Anne Wilson, Mrs. J. J. .‘i Kinnon' Miss Jean Bolton and Mrs. ROY Bk And we look forward to more suggesti. from this year‘s conventions. Women’s Institutes Aid Cancer Society This tribute to the goodwill of the Women’s Institute of Canada has been paid by Mr. Fred G. Butterfield, National President of the Cana- dian Cancer Society: “In the early stages of the Society‘s growth, we were fortunate to have the interest of the Women’s Institutes to help and encourage us. It was, in fact, to a considerable extent through the efforts of Women's Institutes across Can- ada that organization of our programme on a community level was made possible, “Our good fortune has continued. in th the Institutes have maintained their intere in us, and today we count them as among 0“ most helpful friends in bringing the meSSas of cancer lay education home to the worm of. Canada. Time and again the Women's 1h stitutes organiZe meetings at which We a! inv1ted to show educational films and to de liver our message that in sound knowledg- lies the layman’s greatest weapon agains cancer.